Fujitsu Software Corporation Introduces Its Next Generation Interstage e-Business Platform With the Industry's Most Comprehensive Web Services-Enabled Application Server.

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Fujitsu Software Corporation Introduces a Comprehensive, Web

Services-Enabled e-Business Platform With Support for the

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition 1.3, Raising the Bar

On Open Standards and Interoperability

Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced the launch of the Interstage e-Business Platform with the introduction of the Interstage Application Server V5, a Web services-enabled e-Business solution with full support for the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE). The Interstage Application Server is the foundation of Fujitsu's Interstage e-Business Platform, a comprehensive suite of software that includes: the application server, a business process management engine, a portal server for presentation integration, a content integration server and an application integration server. The Interstage Application Server V5 will be available within 30 days.

By incorporating the broadest support for Web services, the Interstage Application Server demonstrates an unwavering commitment to interoperability across multiple platforms, allowing customers the freedom to choose from the broadest range of application solutions and solution providers. As a founding member of the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I), Fujitsu is dedicated to providing U.S. customers with solutions for developing and integrating enterprise applications that drive their businesses.

Fujitsu's Interstage Application Server V5 combines the latest Web services functionality with proven, powerful enterprise infrastructure software and a solid commitment to open standards. This enables customers to construct agile solutions that are open and extensible. The Interstage Application Server V5 supports the following key Web services technologies: Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), which is a protocol for XML messaging, Web Services Description Language (WSDL), Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) and e-Business XML (ebXML).

Fujitsu already boasts over 31,000 server installations worldwide. Customers include Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), Tokyo-Mitsubishi Bank, Subaru Telescope, Medical Benefits Fund (in Australia) and Attachmate Corporation. In fact, 40% of the top non-U.S. based Global 20 corporations are Fujitsu Interstage customers.

"U.S. companies seek technology that will help them to operate more efficiently and realize positive business benefits while reducing development and integration costs," said Shizuo Inagaki, president of Fujitsu Software Corporation. "The Interstage Application Server V5 offers U.S. companies a compelling alternative for purchasing only the components of the platform they need to build and deploy mission-critical applications in environments that support Web Services, B2B commerce and mobile computing. Interstage's support for all open and emerging standards makes ubiquitous computing a reality."

Fujitsu's Interstage e-Business Platform and the Interstage Application Server have already garnered praise from diverse sources such as independent analyst firms, Doculabs and Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). The CSIRO ranked the Interstage as the best performing application server.

Recognizing that application servers have become one of the most critical pieces of an e-Bbusiness architecture for today's large enterprises, Fujitsu has included:

-- Full support for J2EE 1.3

-- Support for ebXML Web service linkage functions using ebXML, the global standard for intercorporate transactions, allow seamless linkage with a variety of Web services, making it possible to construct flexible and low-cost corporate systems.

-- Enhanced interconnectivity with SOAP Expanding interconnectivity using SOAP enables Web services to be used to construct a diverse range of systems quickly and easily.

-- Improved XML functions (XLink support) Support is provided for the XML Linking Language (XLink), which is a specification recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) for encoding a wide variety of links into XML documents. XLink makes it possible to construct systems using XML-based languages such as the eXtensible Business Reporting Language, which can encode information used in a range of areas, including finance, management and investment.

Fujitsu's Commitment to Open Standards

As a leader in the evolving open standards movement, Fujitsu is committed to preserving its customers IT investments by keeping up with the rapid pace of technological changes. In addition to serving the eclipse.org open source tools community through participation on the Eclipse Board, and to its role as a founding member of the WS-I, Fujitsu is a member of the Java Community ProcessSM (JCP), an industry-wide, community-based process for developing Java technology specifications, reference implementations and associated technology compatibility kits. Fujitsu is also a key contributor to OASIS, WfMC, W3C, UDDI and OMG and a member of the BPMI.

About Fujitsu Software Corporation

Fujitsu Software Corporation, based in San Jose, California, is part of the Fujitsu Limited family. Fujitsu Software Corporation leverages Fujitsu's international scope and expertise in developing and providing information technology solutions. Fujitsu Software Corporation's products include Interstage(TM), e-Business infrastructure software that includes the Interstage Application Server and Interstage i-Flow, and NetCOBOL(TM). The Interstage Application Server enables enterprises to build and run mission critical applications. The Interstage i-Flow Business Process Management engine empowers enterprises to manage business processes and business process change. NetCOBOL is a COBOL development environment and suite of tools to build fast, mission-critical business systems on open platforms, including Microsoft's .NET Framework. For more information, visit http://www.fsw.fujitsu.com.

About Fujitsu Limited

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies, high-reliability/performance computing and telecommunications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts make Fujitsu uniquely positioned to unleash the infinite possibilities of the broadband Internet to help its customers succeed. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5 trillion yen (about US$38 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002. For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com/

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